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Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
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Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
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 About the ways he put them wicked ones away
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And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
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On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay


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Rumours on the street well, I hear they're coming true
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That filthy man he caught 'em put 'em on a noose
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 'Cause every word he said the people ate out of his hand
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With just one crying word you could be dead
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With just one crying word you could be dead

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They caught 'em up near Beckett Brook
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When the crew came riding through
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They rounded up they young boys
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Chased 'em through the slough
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 I heard one drowned while the others hung around
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Father John caught his prey

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With heavy eyes their mommas they came to weep
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Looking down at their young boys Father John did reap
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Them away from the land and all the families that they had
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And on other side of the mountains where they lay
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On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay

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                             G                Am
Father John was a filthy man but he loved his God
                                G               Am
Sitting by his window late last night he sang a song
C         G                E7          Am
About the ways he put them wicked ones away
           G                                      Am
And on the other side of the mountains where they lay
       G                                         Am
On the other side of the mountains where they'll stay
       G                                      Am
On the other side of the mountains where they lay